Minimalist Houses, Maisons Minimalistes, Minimalistische Hauser (Evergreen Interiors)
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Minimalist Houses, Maisons Minimalistes, Minimalistische Hauser (Evergreen Interiors)

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ASIN: 3822851450

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars amazing book.......2006-11-10

This is a really amazing book. I recomend it to all interested in architecture, interior architecture and design. It is filled with fantastic pictures of great projects. Buy it now!
New Minimalist Houses
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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New Minimalist Houses
Anja Llorella
Manufacturer: Collins Design
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060893168
Release Date: 2007-01-02

Book Description

New Minimalist Houses is a mixture of pureness of space, light and form, combined with functionality and flexibility. This book presents an all new selection of houses around the world that combine the clearness, simplicity and spirituality of minimalism, along with practical solutions that offer an enjoyable place to live in. Special attention is given to the treatment of materials, finishes and furniture will guide and inspire the reader.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Sad.......2007-03-13

Lots of noise for about almost nothing.
I have high hope for this one, but it don't deliver.
Minimalist Interiors
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • okay text, horrible binding
  • Minimal book
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Minimalist Interiors
Quim Rossell
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ASIN: 0060829907
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Book Description

Drawing from cultural developments as diverse as modernist art and Asian philosophy, minimalism in interior design is nothing less than a celebration of the perfect expression of space.

Minimalist Interiors presents 26 examples of residences from around the world that perfectly balance essential elements of shape, light, and form to create truly unique living spaces. From a glass house to a house without walls, from an extention of a single-family home to apartment renovations, this book presents solutions and ideas for all types of residences. Interiors for every room in the house are included, in varying sizes, all from well-known architects and designers who specialize in minimalist treatment

Through exquisite photography, technical plans, and innovative design, Minimalist Interiors will inspire home design enthusiasts to achieve the same effects -- creating an intensely personal oasis of tranquility in their own home.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars okay text, horrible binding.......2007-08-23

I would suggest you skip this one...the binding fell apart and the text, and quite frankly the houses, are just not that interesting.

4 out of 5 stars Minimal book.......2001-06-22

Gives you the idea of minimalist interior designing. Nice pictures, simple ideas. A coffee table book.

5 out of 5 stars Minimalist.......2001-03-13

Excellent book. Just the title speaks for it self. Basic and essential pieces.

5 out of 5 stars Minimalist.......2001-03-13

Excellent book. Just the title speaks for it self. Basic and essential pieces.

5 out of 5 stars Milimalist Interiors.......2000-04-12

Minimalist interior is quite good coposition and clear photo and well explained. Great selelcting and view of photo attract customer! Well explonation for what architect try to show with thier each project with clear concept point of view. I'm confident that recommened this book to interior designer as well as architect and builder(construction).
Minimalism DesignSource
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    Minimalism DesignSource
    Encarna Castillo
    Manufacturer: Collins Design
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    ASIN: 0060747986
    Release Date: 2004-09-21

    Book Description

    The term Minimalism has not always been used in a favorable sense, especially in architecture, and even today it may be the cause of some confusion and ambiguity. The problem comes from the word's use in defining a creative current, school or trend when in fact it refers to an aesthetic. At the same time, this aesthetic is not chronologically well defined either and, moreover, interacts with different disciplines. This explains why we find minimalist buildings in periods very far apart from each other and in architects as different as Tadao Ando, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron or Luis Barragán, among others. Minimalism DesignSource investigates the minimalism movement, covering the last years of the decade of the 1990s and the first years of the twenty-first century to inquires into the origins of the term minimalism and in how the minimalism phenomenon played out in other fields like art, painting, fashion, and sculpture has affected minimalism in architecture, define the result of the use of pure and simple lines, the reduction of language elements and, as far as architecture is concerned, the investigation of the treatment of space and of building possibilities.

    Minimalist Houses
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • minimally impressed
    • so this is minimalist architecture....
    Minimalist Houses
    Linda Parker
    Manufacturer: Atrium Arto Editorial
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    ASIN: 8495692228

    Book Description

    Minimalism uses simplicity as an expression of aesthetic beauty and functionality. This book offers 24 recent residential designs showcasing ideas of architects including the Katleman residence in Los Angeles. Readers will find both solutions and inspiration for their own houses in this imaginative new collection.

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars minimally impressed.......2004-11-16

    I ordered this book hoping to get a compilation of good minimalist architecture. What I received was a selection of a few very good projects amidst a lot of mediocre architecture. Minimalism is a catch all word...just because a house has white walls and a lot of glass does not make it 'minimal'. I expected much more analysis and critique than what is written.

    In terms of the book itself: There are some very good images and photography with help to offset the bad choice of font and standard layout.

    I would recommend this book as a good coffee table book, but nothing more than that.

    4 out of 5 stars so this is minimalist architecture...........2003-03-30

    The book itself is well done. The pictures are plenty and of high quality. The somewhat limited amount of text deals mainly with concept and layout and not so much with construction techniques and materials. Twenty-three houses from around the world are featured.

    This is a good coffee table book. However, if this is what minimalist architecture is then it might not be for the typical future home builder looking for unique but livable concepts (ala the not so big house). The homes all seem to have the look and feel of art museums and waiting rooms.
    The Anti-minimalist House
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      Massimo Listri
      Manufacturer: Umberto Allemandi & Co
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      Lofts Minimalistas/Minimalist Lofts
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        Lofts Minimalistas/Minimalist Lofts
        Aurora Cuito
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        Minimalist Interiors
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          Guillermo Kliczkowski
          Manufacturer: Galgiani, Phillip
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            Laura O'Bryan
            Manufacturer: Atrium Publishers Group
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            Minimalist Lofts
            Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
            • great combination
            • Is there an echo in here?
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            Aurora Cuito
            Manufacturer: HarperCollins Design International
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            ASIN: 0060087587
            Release Date: 2002-05-14

            Book Description

            Minimalist Lofts presents a resplendent selection of international lofts that stand out for their pure lines and hard-hitting designs. The creators of these projects-among some of today's most prestigious architects-have converted industrial spaces into homes, offices, and shops. The luxury of these beautiful lofts is the perception of space, in which a few clever decisions bring out the best in the finishes and detailing. Filled with 370 dazzling full-color photos, this valuable book also features clear, descriptive text; detailed layouts and drawings by the designers themselves; and 45 architectural plans. Whether one is an architect, interior designer, contractor, or loft owner, Minimalist Lofts is a never-ending source of ideas!

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars great combination.......2003-07-16

            what a great ide to put together in a book the two most modern trends in residential design: minimalism + lofts. the result is impressive

            2 out of 5 stars Is there an echo in here?.......2002-09-22

            I've never seen a book repeat so many of its images. Page after page of the same photos repeated over and over. I wasn't expecting that. The book is just okay. Nothing really new.

            Direct Stone Sculpture: A Guide to Technique and Creativity
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • The book will help me reshape the Andes Mountain!!
            • Direct Stone Sculpture
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            • Excellent book on direct stone sculpture
            Direct Stone Sculpture: A Guide to Technique and Creativity
            Milt Liebson
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            Book Description

            The ancient and wonderful art of direct stone sculpture is brought to life in this comprehensive new book by the noted sculptor, Milt Liebson. After a brief, informative historical overview of stone sculpture, he leads the reader through the hands-on experience of sculpting in stone. This is the book that artists and would-be artists in stone have been seeking for many years.

            The types of stone used in sculpture are covered, as well as the basic tools for hand sculpting and the techniques for their use. For the advanced sculptor there is detailed information on power tools and their use, the methods of lamination and repair, the business side of stone sculpture, and other helpful information gleaned from years of experience.

            Detailed photographs take the readers from the rough stone to the polished and mounted piece.

            Direct Stone Sculpture promises to be the standard reference work in the field for years to come.

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars The book will help me reshape the Andes Mountain!!.......2007-01-10

            I am very picky at buying books because of the high shipping costs to South America, sometimes as high as the cost of a book.
            I purchased Direct Stone Sculpture because it was well praised at an art forum by highly renowned artists. After reading the book, I must say that I fully agree with them. It is worth reading and enjoying the photographs of many works. It teaches carving and use of carving tools.
            I am not only learning to sculpt but also appreciating art made by great "stoners" at the Sculpture Gallery of the book.
            The book has many photographs of the carving process, and shows detailed views of many hand and power tools that I found useful.
            I think this book should have a special place at any home library even at non carvers' shelves.
            HR, Bolivia

            4 out of 5 stars Direct Stone Sculpture.......2006-11-19

            After reading the two previous reviews, I purchased this book on sculpture and was surprised to find that "soapstone" carving was dismissed from the very beginning of the book. Liebson makes clear that he does not even allow "soapstone" in his classroom--on the grounds that (his opinion)it is dangerous to the sculpter's health, and also crumbles when worked.
            Since I am new to sculpture, this was disappointing because "soapstone" was the only material I had worked with, and hoped this book was going to give me some valuable advise. Beyond Liebson's dismisal of "soapstone" the book is everything that those other reviews said it was. Tools, methods and merchandising are all covered with ample illustrations. I hope to take full advantage of Liebson's valuable lessons once I have graduated up to limestone and the like.
            A.B.

            5 out of 5 stars Indispensible.......2002-10-01

            Every sculptor should own this book, and it's really the only one you need. Meilach's volume makes a good supplement, but really that's all it is; Liebson's book easily stands on it's own as the standard reference.

            Why? Almost the entire book is devoted to the craft and mechanics of carving stone. Liebson looks like someone's dad, and writes like it, too -- this book eschews all discussion of "art" in favor of simple, practical advice on "how to do it." From selecting a stone and tools to using and caring for those tools to finishing, polishing, mounting, and displaying your sculpture, even to gaining exhibitions and marketing your work, Liebson covers absolutely everything you need to know to get started, and to keep going. I've been carving for over five years now, and I still refer constantly to this book.

            5 out of 5 stars Excellent book on direct stone sculpture.......1999-07-29

            This book has aroused in me a great deal of enthuiasm for the process of shaping stone and the creation of art forms out of stone. Liebson is an authority on the subject and he writes extremely well. Manufacturers and suppliers of tools and stone are listed in an index. A list of recommended tools is provided as well as a fairly comprehensive description of how to best utilize these tools. The photographs are interesting and informative. An inspirational book. Of the three books on stone sculpture which I've read, this is by far the best.
            Direct Stone Sculpture. A Guide To Technique And Creativity.
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              Milt Liebson
              Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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              ASIN: B000KIV40M

              Listen to the Trees
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Excellent Book
              • The Next Ansel Adams
              • Excellent Large Format B&W photographs of Aspens, trees
              Listen to the Trees
              John Sexton
              Manufacturer: Bulfinch Pr
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              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Excellent Book.......2002-08-09

              "Listen to the Trees" is some of the most beautiful photography I've ever seen. While he worked with Ansel Adams and chose similar subjects and locations (aspens, Yosemite, etc.) he has a very distinct vision... a very powerful one at that. I'd say there's a more "romantic" conception - in the musical or literary sense - in Sexton photographs in contrast to Ansel Adams more formalist approach. Some of Sexton's photo's might even be called "gothic" in that literary sense. The photography is technically virtuosic and dazzlingly so. It makes me want to buy a view camera and head out to the woods every time I look at this book. I look a this book often and share it with anybody who would care to look at it. Worth every penny.

              5 out of 5 stars The Next Ansel Adams.......1998-08-12

              I LOVE IT! This book is absolutely amazing. My all time favorite. The prints are amazing. I love these prints almost more then those of Ansel Adams. I dare to say John will be held up next to Ansel not too far down the road. This book shows why I feel this way. The work is . . . undescribable! The next step beyond the "Zone System."

              5 out of 5 stars Excellent Large Format B&W photographs of Aspens, trees.......1998-08-06

              Well printed on glossy paper, this book contains pictures of Aspens, Redwoods, Cottonwoods, etc. in grand locations like Yosemite, Zion, and others, all done using 4x5 camera (with notes on lenses and film used). Some pictures are tack sharp and contrasty, seeing the new white buds on fir trees, or white star-like leaves behind a black stream. Some are eerily grey, or shot on misty mornings. Nice to see a collection on one topic and using the large format negative. Could use even more pictures, or a "Listen to Trees" in color, but a great inspiration for nature photographers and black and white dark-room enthusiasts. Great coffee table book too!
              Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth
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                Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth
                Molly Cone
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                ASIN: 0807405361
                Release Date: 1995-10-01

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                Using Torah texts and traditional Jewish stories as a basis, this book for intermediate grades presents an exploration of ecology and the interconnectedness of all life on earth. Stories, cartoons, and full-color illustrations.

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                Listen for the Fig Tree
                Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                • A beautiful book
                • This book had no plot
                • A rich story about love,family,committment, & courage!
                • Excellent account blind teenager in inner city stress
                Listen for the Fig Tree
                Sharon Bell Mathis
                Manufacturer: Puffin
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                5 out of 5 stars A beautiful book.......2005-11-21

                This is a wondeful book that I never tire of reading over and over again. I read this book when I was a very young girl and I must say that after all these years I still enjoy this book immensley. Marvina "Muffin" Johnson is a blind, African American teenager not only coping with blindness, but more importantly coping with the death of her father who she loved dearly, and coping with a mother " Leola" who is loosing herself in drink and despair over the death of her husband. But despite blindness and grief " Muffin" has the love and support of neighbors " Mr Dale," " Mr Willie Williams," "Tank" " Miss Geneva", a friend "Deeta", and a love interest "Ernie" who all embrace "Muffin" during her many times of need. The author Sharon Bell Mathis has created a intricate world of sight and sounds that transforms the reader into a place and time that is so passionate, so intense, and so very real that the reader is longing to know what will happen long after the last page has been read. What a wonderful little book. A very satisfied reader.

                1 out of 5 stars This book had no plot.......1999-05-26

                Nothing happened the entire book. When something did happen it was so badly described that it seemed like nothing was happening. The characters were not thought out and were undeveloped. I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to fall asleep.

                5 out of 5 stars A rich story about love,family,committment, & courage!.......1997-07-12

                The contents of this book had a tremendous affect on my early years. I read this book at a very early age and I can recall being encouraged by it's contents. I would recommend that all young people being challenged with life read this book. The fact that she was blind was overshadowed by the true challenges in her life. Alcholism, abuse, death, etc..... Very powerful!

                4 out of 5 stars Excellent account blind teenager in inner city stress.......1996-08-09

                This is a powerfully written book that treats the young heroine's blindness unsentimentally and believably as she deals with her father's violent death, her mother's drinking, an attempted sexual assault by an older neighbor and her budding relationship with a young man. This is a thoroughly outstanding treatment that will inform readers of any age about blindness, while treating the blindness as simply a fact of her life as she deals with the real and wrenching issues pulling at her. The love for her mother and the tension with her drinking are well handled, and the boy-girl aspect is also not over-romanticised. (Wish we had a sequel about them.
                The Days of the Banyan Tree (Read & Listen)
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                  Madhur Jaffrey
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                  Listen for the Fig Tree
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                    Sharon Bell Mathis
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                    ASIN: B000J3I48S
                    Listen to the talking trees
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                      Listen to the talking trees
                      Addie Scheve
                      Manufacturer: Norfolk Printing Co
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Unknown Binding
                      ASIN: 0960941819
                      Listen to the Trees
                      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                      • Poems that touch the soul of humanity, in all its moods.
                      • This book warms your heart.
                      • This book warms your soul. I didn't want to put it down.
                      • A very heartfelt and comforting book of poems. Give me more!
                      Listen to the Trees
                      Eugene Scherley
                      Manufacturer: Noble House
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Hardcover

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                      ASIN: 1561673145

                      Customer Reviews:

                      5 out of 5 stars Poems that touch the soul of humanity, in all its moods........1999-01-05

                      Scherley's sensitive, poignant poems reveal not only his self-awareness, but also the threads of humanity that bind us, in turn, to him.

                      5 out of 5 stars This book warms your heart........1998-03-09

                      The more I read "Listen To The Trees" the more I love it. I take it everywhere I go. It is my therapy when I need to relax. I would buy any and every book Mr. Scherley would author.

                      5 out of 5 stars This book warms your soul. I didn't want to put it down........1998-02-20

                      I'm not a book reader, but this book of poems held on to me. I would buy anything Mr. Scherley writes.

                      5 out of 5 stars A very heartfelt and comforting book of poems. Give me more!.......1998-01-25

                      "The Power" is a wonderful poem combining a love of nature and the bond of love of a young couple. "Desire" tickles my funnybone.
                      Listen to the Trees
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                        Listen to the Trees
                        Don Maccaskill
                        Manufacturer: Luath Press Limited
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback

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                        ScotlandScotland | Europe | History | Subjects | Books
                        GeneralGeneral | Nature & Ecology | Science | Subjects | Books
                        Forests & ForestryForests & Forestry | Natural Resources | Nature & Ecology | Science | Subjects | Books
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                        GeneralGeneral | Trees | Plants | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
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                        ASIN: 0946487650

                        Book Description

                        From one of Scotland's foremost naturalists, conservationists, and wildlife photographers comes a beautiful and acutely observed account of how Don MacCaskill's outlook on life began to change as trees, woods, forests, and all the wonders that they contain became a focus in his life. It is rich in its portrayal of the life that moves in the Caledonian forest and on the moorlands -- lofty twig-stacked heronries, the elusive peregrine falcon and the red, bushy-tailed fox -- of the beauty of the trees, and of those who worked in the forests.
                        Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth
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                          Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth
                          Gavriel Goldman
                          Manufacturer: Urj Press
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Paperback

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                          ASIN: 0807405590

                          Book Description

                          Using Torah texts and traditional Jewish stories as a basis, this book for intermediate grades presents an exploration of ecology and the interconnectedness of all life on earth. Stories, cartoons, and full-color illustrations.
                          The Banyan Tree
                          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                          • C. Nolan: An artist at work
                          • Today's Answer to James Joyce
                          • The lush prose of a simple woman's life
                          • Hurrah for purple prose
                          • If you don't like poetry you won't like this book!
                          The Banyan Tree
                          Christopher Nolan
                          Manufacturer: audible.com
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Audio Download
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                          ASIN: B0000547MY

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                          Winner of the 1987 Whitbread Award for Under the Eye of the Clock, Christopher Nolan has now fashioned an extraordinary epic set in rural Ireland. The Banyan Tree spans three generations of O'Briens, who own a small dairy farm in Westmeath. For years, alas, the family has seen its ranks diminish. Minnie O'Brien's husband is long dead and her three children scattered in a typical Irish diaspora--Brendan is a priest in Africa, Sheila a nurse in London, and Frankie an Australian sheepshearer and oddjobber around the globe. In the meantime, Minnie stubbornly clings to her life, her five fields, and her memories, which take root like a banyan tree and feed her lonely old age.

                          In many ways, The Banyan Tree is a conventional tale of births and deaths, weddings and funerals, all set against the land and the lure of emigration. What makes it unusual is Nolan's flexible, fickle, and often fantastical language. Not only does he use colloquialisms to locate the characters very specifically, but he brings verbs, nouns, and adjectives to sparkling life by allowing them to change places at will. The butter churn is a "druidic dark drum" that comes "Sundaying into life." On the day after Minnie's wedding, the "morning songed the reading of the streets." Even a description of a sleeping baby erupts into Joycean music:

                          Breathing soundlessly, the baby slept as though he had been there since the house was built. Waves of tenderness winked from her immaculate eyes as she facted where her baby but slept away his drabness.... His minutes were building into hours and his plumbed hours were nearing that transom hour, that bragging hour, when he might bubble burst just to hymn his daylong lifetime.
                          Nolan's alliterations and galloping hyphenation evoke not only Joyce but the whimsical beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins. And like Hopkins, he can sometimes overindulge his penchant for verbal shenanigans. But while the author's circumlocutions may clog the narrative from time to time, The Banyan Tree nonetheless works up to a moving climax, and offers a surfeit of linguistic riches along the way. --Cherry Smyth

                          Customer Reviews:

                          5 out of 5 stars C. Nolan: An artist at work.......2002-11-21

                          Christoper Nolan painted this story as an artist paints a masterpiece. With each stroke of the pen, he etched in my mind the events of the past and present of the characters.

                          5 out of 5 stars Today's Answer to James Joyce.......2002-05-06

                          I am interested in reading books by modern day Irish authors, and I did not regret having selected Christopher Nolan's book. What got me interested was in learning that the author is physically challenged, but Mr. Nolan is a literary genius.

                          There might be some inaccuracies in the time and the dates in the story line, but with the prose, and literary style of Mr. Nolan, the reader floats through this wonderful book.

                          5 out of 5 stars The lush prose of a simple woman's life.......2002-03-20

                          I read this brilliant novel thanks to an Amazon friend, entirely unfamiliar with this gifted author. From the first page, I willingly immersed my imagination in his uncommon phrasing and particular eye for description, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary and the plain beautiful. A simple tale of a mother's last years of widowhood and patient wait for worldly release becomes a transforming journey through the corridors of her soul, one not unlike the hidden beauty of my own mother's heart, perhaps, eventually, even of mine. For Minnie O'Brien is, at the core, the essence of motherhood at its most elemental and complex. We learn of her marriage and children through a loving wife and mother's eyes, she who remembers those precious childhood moments, when such sweet intimacy can pierce a heart with pain and joy in equal measure.

                          From the start, Minnie and Peter O'Brien form a love match that sustains them through the years, raising three children. Brendan, the first-born, is enamored of a life in the Church, begun as a missionary, leading ultimately to a position as a Bishop. Their daughter, Sheila, has set down her own roots in England, established her own family. And the youngest O'Brien, Frankie, has heard the siren-call of wanderlust, impatient to begin his vague pursuit of worldly travel. Each of the O'Brien children step impulsively into their own futures, but of all, Minnie's heart refuses to relinquish the hope that Frankie, the prodigal son, will one day return. Into her eighth decade, she wills her aching bones and weary mind to keep moving through the daily necessities of their small farm, frequently lost in reverie, dancing over the fields of yesterday, reliving the passions of her youth.

                          THE BANYAN TREE pulses with extravagant language, reforming archaic definitions, rendering sentences fresh and beautiful as the Emperor's New Clothes. The pages resonate with a passion for life, the intransigence of beauty, and, of course, the ultimate expectation of forgiveness. Don't read this book unless you love the taste of words on your tongue, or the turn of phrase as sensitive as a lover's glance that spreads across your face like fire. This novel is a treasure for those with an insatiable thirst for the road less traveled, the impulse to scale walls of words that become fanciful towers of impossible heights... and, as well, a willingness to abandon reasoning to genius.

                          5 out of 5 stars Hurrah for purple prose.......2002-03-18

                          You'd think that some readers need to be hit between the eyes by the fact that stories are made of WORDS. And that sensuous attention to the sounds and textures and overtones of words are as an important part of a writer's story as the plot. Nolan wants you to slow down and savor life, so why don't you do it? Ah, heaven defend us from these latter-day puritans who want nothing but the facts!

                          2 out of 5 stars If you don't like poetry you won't like this book!.......2001-07-24

                          A wonderful story ruined by the author's constant attempts to come up with original and oh-so-clever descriptions (which in my opinion is the case with many poems). A few such sentences sprinkled throughout the book could have been tolerated, but practically every paragraph was just too much.

                          Flying Can Be Fun
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                            Flying Can Be Fun
                            Michael Kilian
                            Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback

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                            ASIN: 0882894498

                            Book Description

                            The A to Z of flying jargon is the subject of Flying Can Be Fun, a humorous look at the world of flight. Award-winning cartoonist Dick Locher has teamed up with award-winning humorist Michael Kilian to create the funniest illustrated dictionary of flight lingo available anywhere. A is for aerial, "that part of the aircraft most frequently broken off during walk-around pre-flight inspection to see if anything is broken off." C is for coordinates, "flying clothing worn by fashionable female pilots." G is for ground speed, "what airspeed becomes upon landing." I is for icing, "what frequently happens to pilots who think that flying through winter thunderstorms is a piece of cake." S is for spin, "what makes the world go 'round when you're looking at it directly through a windscreen." And W is for wilco, "Roger's last name," of course.
                            Flying Can Be Fun
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                              Flying Can Be Fun
                              Frank Veskrna
                              Manufacturer: Northwest Pub
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback

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                              ASIN: 1569013381
                              Flying Can Be Fun: A Guide for the White-Knuckled Flyer
                              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                              • I carry it like my Bible every time I fly!! Informative,
                              Flying Can Be Fun: A Guide for the White-Knuckled Flyer
                              Edie Grande
                              Manufacturer: Dyenamiks, Incorporated
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback

                              GeneralGeneral | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                              ASIN: 0962698008

                              Book Description

                              Informative, humorous and interesting book for hite-knuckled flyers. Covers all the bases about flying. What noises are normal' aerdynamiks in laymans terms. tips hints tricks for traveling with kids, elderly handicapped, fearful flyers' Relaxation exercises, medications and clinic names and addresses around the USA who help phobic flyers.

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars I carry it like my Bible every time I fly!! Informative,.......1998-02-19

                              Friendly, easy to take on the plane has relaxation exercises that really help! Lots of info about how the plane stays up there!!!Tips and hints about comfort in the sky. I love it!
                              Fantastic Flying Fun with Science: 69 Projects You Can Fly, Spin, Launch, and Ri
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                                Fantastic Flying Fun with Science: 69 Projects You Can Fly, Spin, Launch, and Ri
                                Ed Sobey
                                Manufacturer: Tandem Library
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: School & Library Binding
                                ASIN: 0613715306

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